Vermont Academy - Wildcat Yearbook (Saxtons River, VT)

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ONWWP AR INTNALL TINGLEY, JR. - ud is a weariness of the fle . N C ud. H Is . ' Sailing. ,f R : 28 Jenny's e, Barrington, R. I. A. VITIES: . V. F ball 145, Track Manager 145, ra c Club 145, Business Manager, Life 1 Bo 145, Advertising Manager Outing ub 145. AFTER GRADUATI : Babson Institute. Bud i good business man as his work on the Life and the Dramatlc ub testifies. We hear he does a good deal of studying on a en covered table in the Rec Room. IRVING UPSON TOWNSEND Although the last, not least. NICKNAME: Irv, Fog, HOBBY: Swing. ADDRESS: 181 Nehoiden Road, Waban, Mass. ACTIVITIES! J. V. Football 11, 2, 3, 45, Skiing 11, 2, 311, 45, Tennis 11, 25, Life Board 115, Riiie Club 145. AFTER GRADUATION: Middlebury. At times Irv may seem to be day-dreaming, but his marks and popularity prove otherwise. Irv lives chieily for the broadcasts of Benny Goodman's band. I Varsity letter. ,gJ4,fL if'7'f'1-1 f jZ7f'.v ' S-LQVQL 2 -- f-f 4?

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241 T 7.1 A T.- SON ' 'OL A I.. wily ' evltuygogtoltugpble d 3' , . u an is C! EICKNAME. Tiaclgt A I kd ,..,-. OBBY: e 1 pp e. -1 ADDREss: 1 Parkhieetf tlantic Beaich,?TTl?f'T7 ACTIVITIES! Football 12, 3'5 ckey 12, 3, 45, Track 13, AFTER GRADUATION: 45, Life Board 2, 35, Dramatic Club 12,'35, Camera Club 125. Business School. Jack is the youth who displayed that slam-bang, up-and- down style on the rink this year. He is also the proud wearer of high-waterl' pants and a cheery smile, which has won and will keep on winning him many friends. EUGENE KENNETH SCHMIDT Laughter holding both his sides. NIOKNAME: HOBBY: ADDREss: ACTIVITIES: AFTER GRADUATION: Gene Music. Farmington Avenue, Unionville, Conn. J. V. Football 135, Football 14 5, Skiing 13, 45, Track 135, Baseball 145, Glee Club 13, 45, Quartet 13, 45, Orchestra 13, 45, Rifle Club 145. Bryant College. Gene is one of our many connoisseurs of Petty's drawings. He has a bass voice of no mean sort, being one of the mamstays of the quartet this year. Always look for Gene where you hear a laugh. 1 .,l.:l4 - - A I , 0 I K M ' i .. eel JQJOLLM, Nh gigs 5 A R, 5 BRUCE H. C. SINGLETON U NIOKNAME: HOBBY: ADDRESS! ACTIVITIES! AFTER GRADUATION: Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. ' 'Singlepipe. Reading. Blind Brook Lodge, D 21, Rye, N. Y. Football 12, 3, 45, Hockey 12 , 3 K, 4 '5, Base- ball 125, Track 13, 45. Dartmouth . Bruce's long gait and slow drawl have been familiar on the campus from early morn till late at night. His droll humor and banter bring forth many a laugh. He always is ready to help a friend and therefore lacks very few. ROBERT JAMES SMITH, JR. He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man. NICKNAME: HOBBY: ADDREss: AcTIVITIEs: Bobf' Sports. 80 Elbridge Road, New Britain, Conn. Football 14'5, Hockey 14 '5, Tennis 145, Glee Club 145, Orchestra 145, Band 145, Wildcat Board 145, Rifle Club 145. AFTER GRADUATION: Dartmouth. In his quiet way Bob manages to get alot done in his studies, athletics, and activities. We know that he'll represent us well at Dartmouth. ' Varsity letter.

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On the morning of September 18, 1934, the beginnings of the Class of 1938 met for the first time in the English room. Of those nine boys present then, seven are graduating this year, but our class has grown to forty-two. The original members occupied the top floor of Jones Hall, the only part of that building then used by stu- dents. The Leavitts and Topsy were on the ground floor and the rest of the school lived in Alumni Hall. We have seen the school grow to crowd the Leavitts out of Jones, just as next year it will crowd the infirmary out of Sturtevant House and into remodeled Proctor Home. The Leavitts moved into their fine new house last year just after Christ- mas vacation. Ours is the class that came in with Mr. Leavitt and the new regime. It will prob- ably be a long time before any students can boast that they have been here as long as the teachers. We have seen many changes about the school and many of these are due to clubs and organizations formed by the boys. Some of the clubs we started were the Glee Club, the Dramatic Club, the Outing Club, and the Camera Club. The Life magazine was continued. The Glee Club has taken many fine trips and they have sung over station W. N. B. X. in Springfield, Vermont, every year. The boys who went on the Boston trip last year are still taiking about it. We have heard their fine singing at vespers and other school functions. They have increased from the original twelve to twenty4eight. Redlon, Hanks, Schmidt and Frey have made a great quartet. The Dramatic Club has put on many fine performances. The combined efforts of Mr. Harris and the club have recently culminated in an excellent presentation of T he Petrified Forest. We all admire the great ability of Robert Taylor Curtis. The Life magazine has, as we have said, continued. It won third prize in 1937, and second prize in 1938, in the contest sponsored by the Columbia Press Association for private schools. s The Outing Club was started with Mr. Parker as adviser. The first year the club built a cabin on a nearby hillside. Since then they have been responsible forldesigning and building the kitchen, fireplace, and the well at the cabin, and cutting ski trails about the campus. The Outing Club has helped with the four successful Mountain Days We have had. Vermont Weather is changeable and uncertain, but in snow or in the hot sun the steaks always tasted good. Last fall General Browder and his cohorts started a Rifle Club and constructed both an indoor and outdoor range. The noise of their artillery on the battlefield in the basement of Jones Hall is proof of their activities. The school swing band consisting of Messrs. Parker, Elston, Bitgood, and Redlon, has been heard blasting forth at some of the basketball games and during evening meeting several times. The first floor of Alumni Hall started an All Night Club. Coach Dunn claimed that he could wake up and hear them most any time of night. The Coach needs his sleep even if the boys don't, and while they may not have totally disbanded, their night life has been considerably subdued. Two other fine and worthy organizations, which carry much prestige, and to which one should not be late, are the Bird and Fish leagues. The Fish League plays tag foot- ball in the muck and slime of the football field after the last scheduled game. The Birds play a combination of hockey, football, and basketball on the basketball court. Un- skilled labor predominates in both leagues. The first year the football team lacked experience and their main asset was a fight- ing spirit. They lost heavily to several teams but were successful in beating K. U. A. by thirty-one points. The second year the team was rather heavy in comparison with other years. They defeated K. U. A. nine to nothing. For our junior year we trailed them by six points at the end of the first half, but through a wonderful second half comeback and a spectacular intercepted pass and touchdown by Bob Blood, we won thirteen to six. Although this is the first year we have been defeated by Kimball Union, this year's team was probably the best. The first year the Ski Team was aided by Amos Little and Merrill Barber who have since done well in competitive skiing. The last two years .the Ski Team has spent most of their time looking for snow. In the spring of our second year a track team was started for the first time. Coach